Dancing with the Stars Boss on Recapturing the Magic (and Viewers): "It's Back to Basics"

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Mar 17, 2013 at 12:01 AMMar 17, 2013 at 5:18 PM

Last fall, a longtime goal of Dancing with the Stars producers came into fruition: an all-stars season.Thirteen alums returned, but viewers fled. The onetime ratings juggernaut delivered less-than-glittery numbers partially due to The Voice's first fall outing siphoning eyeballs. ...

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Last fall, a longtime goal of Dancing with the Stars producers came into fruition: an all-stars season.Thirteen alums returned, but viewers fled. The onetime ratings juggernaut delivered less-than-glittery numbers - partially due to The Voice's first fall outing siphoning eyeballs. But executive producer Conrad Green also believes it's because fans want to see dancing with new stars, not all-stars.PHOTOS: Check out the new Dancing with the Stars cast"Perhaps that was a miscalculation on our part. Maybe we underestimated how important it was to have a new story rather than a continuation of one," Green tells TVGuide.com. "We thought seeing old favorites come back would be really appealing, and I think it was to core fans of the show. All-Stars did deliver in terms of being able to try some new dances out, new challenges and really pushing the level of competition. I think what it lacked was the shock of the new.

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"So it's quite nice this season to go back to fresh faces, people completely unfamiliar with dance and get back to that kind of innocence," Green continues. "It's back to basics almost. There's definitely a ...

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